John Shimkus: “We welcome each of our witnesses and appreciate your willingness to be here today to talk about the final coal ash rule…”

I think nuclear power is a huge piece of the puzzle, if you will.

For any community to be prosperous and healthy, it takes energy.

I would hope in our discussions we would work with the majority to try to make sure we somehow incentivize nuclear baseload because of zero-carbon emissions.

As ranking member on the Subcommittee of Environment and Climate Change, I want to thank Chief Counsel Mary Martin, Deputy Chief Counsel Jerry Couri, and senior professional staff member, Peter Spencer, for their tremendous support of me…